RSV Infection in Infants: Implementing Optimal Strategies

Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) can result in an infection that can be severe and life-threatening in high-risk infants. Pediatric clinicians who are up-to-date about risk factors, current recommendations for prevention and management of RSV infection, and strategies for parent counseling can aid parents in effective decision making and help improve outcomes in their pediatric patients.

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Case 1: A Male Infant With Breathing Problems Who Was Born at 33 Weeks' Gestational Age

0.75 / AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM
0.70 / CE for Nurses

Parents and even clinicians may not appreciate the serious complications that can be associated with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection. This case highlights options for RSV prophylaxis and management and considerations in high-risk infants.

 

Case 2: An Infant Boy With Chronic Lung Disease of Prematurity

0.75 / AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM
0.70 / CE for Nurses

In high-risk infants, various factors need to be weighed when deciding whether to administer RSV prophylaxis. In this case, a breakthrough RSV infection underlines the importance of adherence to monthly administration to avoid reinfection.

 

Case 3: An Infant Girl With Congenital Heart Disease

0.75 / AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM
0.80 / CE for Nurses

In infants at high risk for RSV infection, such as those with congenital heart disease, the clinician needs to consider various factors in providing adequate protection to the infant.

 

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PROGRAM FACULTY

Robert B. Belshe, MD, Chair
Diane and J. Joseph Adorjan
Endowed Professor of Infectious Diseases and Immunology
Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics, and Molecular Microbiology
Saint Louis University School of Medicine
St. Louis, Missouri

Leonard R. Krilov, MD
Chief, Pediatric Infectious Disease
Vice Chairman, Department of Pediatrics
Children's Medical Center
Winthrop University Hospital
Professor of Pediatrics
State University of New York
Stony Brook School of Medicine
Mineola, New York

Robert C. Welliver, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Hobbs-Recknagel Endowed Chair
in Pediatrics
Chief, Section of Infectious Diseases
Department of Pediatrics
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
College of Medicine
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

CE COURSE REVIEWER
Concettina Tolomeo, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, AE-C
Nurse Practitioner
Director of Program Development
Section of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine
Department of Pediatrics
Yale School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut
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